"Presents step-by-step instructions on using small fabric remnants to create a variety of bags and clutches. Includes sixteen diverse projects like backpacks, evening bags, coin purses, and lunch bags, and a detailed techniques section of useful skills to apply to the projects."--

This is the perfect book for anyone who wants to learn how to sew, or just needs a quick refresher course. Friendly and easy-to-follow directions will have you sewing with confidence, making repairs, and creating new garments from scratch. From cutting patterns and sewing seams to binding edges, gathering fabric and installing zippers, each new skill is accompanied by a quick practice exercise to try, allowing you to learn as you sew. Fifteen simple and straightforward projects are provided for sewing fun accessories from plushies and pincushions to placemats, hand towels, hats and more.

Embellish your world with beautiful embroidery! Inside Love Embroidery you'll find expert tips for both hand embroidery and freehand machine embroidery techniques, along with 56 simple but stylish projects for customizing your wardrobe, revamping your home, and making fabulous gifts. Inspirational ideas from leading designers are provided for every skill level. Start with easy projects and move into more complex designs once you've mastered the basics. Includes useful step-by-step stitch guides, advice on fabric, threads and finishing, and tips on creating original designs.

Why buy an ordinary off-the-shelf bag, when you can sew a cute bag in just a day or a weekend? Make your own pretty bag that really sets you apart from the crowd. Sewing Pretty Bags shows you how, with simple sewing projects to stitch and love. Sewing sisters Debra and Cheyanne Valencia present 12 quick and easy projects for sewing boutique handbags, shopping totes, pouches, and more. With step-by-step instructions and fresh, modern designs, they show how to make beautiful bags for both fashion and functional uses. Get inspired to express your unique personality with the stunning prints and colors of today’s contemporary fabrics. You’ll look stylish carrying your one-of-a-kind accessory, personalized with fancy trims, pockets, beads, flowers, or embroidery.

Features new patterns for traditional heirloom designs. Modern photographs of the projects are accompanied by classic illustration. Create your own heirloom from simple-to-make designs sourced from around the world – box-fresh snowdrop bootees in milk cotton yarn, a crisp little boy blue shirt and an adorable lazy daisy pinafore. Traditional vintage designs from the author’s extensive collection are complemented by new patterns created in vintage style – using vintage or vintage-inspired natural fabrics. Projects also include short-cut ideas and variations that recycle vintage household items. These beautiful little projects will make the perfect keepsake that wil be loved for generations. (35,000 words)

From autumn's bursts of orange and red to spring's lush greens, summer's long-lasting golden light and winter's cool whites and grays, the changing seasons provide endless artistic inspiration. In Sewing for All Seasons, author Susan Beal offers 24 beautiful projects imbued with the spirit of each season. Home sewists will enjoy stitching a cozy patchwork throw for autumn, a bright gardening apron to welcome spring, a colorful picnic quilt for summer, and soft woolen slippers for those chilly winter nights. With how-to illustrations, helpful templates and patterns, tons of color, and eye-catching photography, this book will leap off shelves and inspire crafters all year long.

If Shadow Lake wasn't haunted, it should have been. When Emma Thatcher turns the key to the south wing of the old home she's lived in for years, she unwittingly unlocks the door to a nightmare. In the same gothic tradition made popular by Barbara Michaels, our heroine battles supernatural forces surrounded by a bevy of amusing and eccentric friends and family, plus a pair of Siamese cats determined to protect their mistress. Despite all this, romance flourishes as two young men vie for the heart of her newly divorced niece, while Jessie, cook and housekeeper, dishes out pithy wisdom along with the best coconut cake in Florida.